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“The greatest happiness in life is not to donate, but to serve.” Brandeis address, March 20 th , 1913. Volunteering at the Jewish Home and Care Center. Welcome to the Jewish Home and Care Center . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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VOLUNTEERING AT THE JEWISH HOME AND CARE CENTER
“The greatest happiness in life is not to donate, but to serve.”
Brandeis address, March 20th, 1913
WELCOME TO THE JEWISH HOME AND CARE CENTER
MISSION“To provide our Jewish community with those
services that enable our seniors or infirm to be a part of a quality Jewish environment with comfort, meaning, independence and
dignity.”
HISTORY• 1906: The first Jewish
Homeo Hebrew Institute Organization is
formed• 1909: Residents move into
the home• 1927: New lot purchased
for a bigger home• 1930: Residents move to
the new home on Galena St.
• 1973: Third Jewish home on Prospect Ave.
• 1975: Renovations and opening for the third Jewish Home
“A BEACH FILLED WITH STARFISH…”
VOLUNTEERING
Our volunteers bring hours of comfort, care and conversation to our residents.
• Supports resident and volunteer programs• Projects
o Welcoming Mugso Birthday Partieso Chanukah & Purim celebrations
• Programso Gift Shopo Caring Partnerso Friendly Teen Visitors o Grants
GIFT SHOP
• Completely volunteer run• Provides a sense of community to our
residents
FRIENDLY TEEN VISITOR PROGRAM
• Teens make visits to residents• Improve the quality of the residents’ lives• Ages: 13-18
TYPES OF VOLUNTEERS
• Adults• Children • Teens
• Students• Clergy
• Residents• Pets
• Anyone!
VOLUNTEER POSSIBILITIES• Activities• Outings• Events• Dietary
o One-on-one meal assistance for residentso Distributing and collecting in room trays
• Officeo Filingo Mailingo Mail and newspaper delivery
• Conciergeo Greet visitorso Inform residents of activities and eventso Snack, library or marketing cart
• On the Floorso Friendly visitors/companionso Current events and newspaper readero Card, puzzle, board game player
• Caring Partnerso Visiting residents at end of life
• Miscellaneouso Photographyo Computer assistanceo Snack cart
FRIENDLY VISITORS
• Make our residents feel at home• Socialization with an individual resident
o Reado Listeno Play games
ACTIVITIES DEPARTMENT
• Daily activities for our residentso Bakeo Ceramicso Bingo o Serve Tea o Glamour Houro Men’s Clubo Gardeno Ice Cream Socialso Parties o Outings
IMPACT OF OUR VOLUNTEERS“Helping others is my payment to God for keeping me
well.”-Minnie Friedman
ACTIVITIES FOR VOLUNTEERS• Tea Parties• Luncheons
A “Thank you!” from the JHCC Staff and Residents!
QUESTIONS?
CONTACT INFORMATION
• Beth Draper- Volunteer Coordinatoro Phone: (414)-277-8848o Fax: (414)-276-4828o E-mail: [email protected]
• Jewish Home and Care Center1414 North Prospect Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53202